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7th Grade Chapter 4
Mesopotamian Empires
Question | Answer |
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The region known as the _______________ had rich soil that made it good for farming. | Fertile Crescent |
Created the first code of law in human history | Hammurabi |
Hammurabi created a _______________ in order to help control his empire and provide justice. | code of law |
Created the world's first empire (the Akkadian Empire) | Sargon |
Sargon of Akkad is credited with creating the world's first _____________. | empire |
Rebuilt the city of Babylon; Built the Ishtar Gate and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Nebuchadnezzar II |
Ruled the Persian Empire using toleration (which made him more friends than enemies) | Cyrus the Great |
Expanded the Persian Empire to its largest size; used minted coins; divided his empires into provinces controlled by satraps | Darius |
Rulers of conquered lands had to send ______________ to the Assyrian Empire for military protection | tribute |
Darius divided his empire into 20 _______________ each with its own local government | provinces |
The ______________ was 1,775 miles long and was created to be used for government purposes. | Royal Road |
Darius set up governors, called _____________, and used them to carry out his orders and collect taxes. | satraps |
a group of years with some distinctive feature(s) in common | age, era, epoch |
the horizontal lines on a map that measure distances north and south of the Equator | latitude |
the vertical lines on a map that measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian | longitude |
0 degrees latitude | Equator |
0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
half of a globe or sphere | hemisphere |
something written or created by someone who witnessed a historical event | primary source |
an account of a historical event created by someone who did not witness the event | secondary source |
the remains of early life that have been preserved | fossil |
a human-made object with historical significance | artifact |
As emperor, Cyrus established a policy of ______________ and allowed the people he ruled to keep their own beliefs and customs | toleration |
a skill in one type of work | specialization |
an amount produced in excess of what is needed | surplus |
the watering of crops | irrigation |
the cultivation of soil to produce useful crops | agriculture |
a group of people with similar customs, backgrounds, training, and income | social class |
The Assyrians sent the people that they captured into ______________, or forced them to move from their homelands into far away lands. | exile |
Which 2 neighboring groups joined forces to defeat the Assyrians? | Medes and Chaldeans |
Which rivers surround Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates |
Which empire replaced the Assyrian Empire? | Chaldeans |
Empire ruled by Ashurbanipal | Assyrian Empire |
Empire ruled by both Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II | Babylonian Empire |
Empire ruled by both Cyrus the Great and Darius | Persian Empire |
The empire that Sargon ruled | Akkadian Empire |
human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organization and in the arts and sciences | civilization |
a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper | scribe |
a belief in many gods or goddesses | polytheism |
fertile soil that is deposited by a river | silt |
a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands | city-state |
What was the name for the shift from food gathering to food raising? | Agricultural Revolution |
Why were the Assyrians able to build and control such a large empire? | strong army |
Which modern-day country was Mesopotamia located in? | Iraq |
Modern-day Turkey was once called Asia Minor or _______________ | Anatolia |